Band 6+: The table below shows the results of a 20-year study into why adults in the UK attend arts events. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates four reasons why adults in the UK have attended arts events over the past twenty years.

Overall, the major reason over the whole twenty-year period was a desire to see a specific performer/artist, while the manor reason was work/business reasons. During the period, the rates of people attending arts events for a special occasion/celebration and accompanying children have seen an increase and a decrease respectively.

As the graph shows, the percentage of people who attended to desire to see a specific performer/artist has fluctuated relatively, varying from 58% 20 years ago to 55% 10 years ago, before recovered to 56% today. There has been a grow in people attending events for work/business, from 6% 20 years ago to 11% today.

Otherwise, the proportion of people who attended because of accompanying children has increased significantly, from 9% to 24% for 20 years. The rate of people attending arts events for special occasion/celebration has surged from 27% to 9% between 20 years ago and today.